yuri gagarin

yuri gagarin, hero of the soviet union, was a soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first man to orbit in space and the first human to orbit the earth.

dead cat bounce

a dead cat bounce is a term used in market economics to describe a pattern wherein a moderate rise in the price of a stock follows a spectacular fall, with the connotation that the rise does not indicate improving circumstances. it is derived from the notion that "even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height".